Light, electron, and confocal microscopic study of the mouse superior mesenteric ganglion

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 427-444

  Miller, Steven M ^a   Hanani, Menachem ^a,b   Kuntz, Susan M ^a   Schmalz, Philip F ^a   Szurszewski, Joseph H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

3 D morphology; horseradish peroxidase; sympathetic ganglia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURONS;

EID: 0030023205     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960212)365:3<427::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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